Door-securer.



E. R. FUCHS.

DOOR SEGURER.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 1320.17.1909,

Patentedy Nov. 29, 1910.

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E. R. FUCHS.

Doon SEUURBR.

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DOOR SEGURBR.

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UNITED STA EMIEL R. FUCHS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DOOR-SECURER.

Application filed. December 17, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIEL R. FUCHS, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Door-Securers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of door-securing devices -wherein abrace-bar is disposed diagonally between abutments on the door and floorrespectively, and wherein are provided key-actuated means through theagency of which locking engagement between the door abutment and theupper end of the bar can be readily effected.

The object of my invention is to provide in a door-securer of the classmentioned, a simple and efficient construction and organization ofmechanism whereby the door is braced and secured against forcible entryat points adjacent t-he respective door jambs; and to this end myinvention, as generally stated, comprises a plurality of brace bars andcomplementary abutments therefor arranged adjacent the respectivevertical edges of the door, in combination with means for effectingrelative movement between the said bars and their correlated abutmentson the door, whereby eflicient locking engagement of the said bars andabutments can be simultaneously accomplished and the door thus beeffectually braced from the interior to counteract pressure or forceapplied exteriorly thereto, at either edge thereof; and whereby,further, the respective bars and door abutments can be simultaneouslydisengaged from each other, to permit the unlocking and opening of thedoor, all of which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is an interior elevation of a door equippedwith securing devices embodying an efficient form of my invention. Fig.2 is a vertical section thereof, as on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section of the same, as on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4Cis an elevation of the toothed ends of the oppositely-movable lockingbolts and the co-acting key-controlled pinion for actuating the same,the supporting and covering casing being shown with its cap plateremoved. Fig. 5 is a horizontal cross section, as on the line 5 5 ofFig. L1, the cap-plate for the casing being in place. Fig. 6 is atransverse vertical section, as on the line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is anelevation of one of the door abutment Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 29, 1910.

Serial No. 533,559.

fixtures, showing the opposing end of a bracebar and the adjacent end ofthe locking bolt for actuating the same. Fig. 8 is a vertical section,as on the line 8 8 of Fig. 7. Fig. 60

9 is a sectional plan of Fig. 7. Fig. 10 is an elevation similar to Fig.7 but showing an alternative construction, wherein the locking boltdirectly performs the function of an abutment for the brace-bar. Fig. 11is a ver- 65 tical section, as on the line 11 11 of Fig. 10.,

12, 12 designate two substantial bars adapted to be diagonally disposedbetween abutments 13, 13 and 14, 14, on the floor and door respectively,in a manner to act upon and resist the forcible opening of the door ator near the respective vertical edges The floor abutments preferablycomprise sockets let into recesses in the floor, and the door abutmentspreferably comprise overhanging ledges of two suitably-disposed fixtures15 upon the inner side of the door. Each of these fixtures in the formillustrated is an integral structure or casting including, in

the main, a back 16; a top 17, and a bottom 1S, the top being providedfor a portion of its length with the forwardlyextending ledge 14 whichconstitutes the abutment proper for the upper end of the adjacent vbrace-bar, and the top and bottom being connected at their respectiveends by front portions 19.

The fixture constitutes a horizontal support and guide device for oneend of a sliding bolt-like member 20 which extends transversely of thedoor, and which member, by its longitudinal movement, may be shot intoor from a recess or keeper 21 conveniently provided in the door jamb inproximity to the fixture. On the outer side `of 'the portion of thebolt, as it may be termed, within the casing, is a forwardly-projectingguide comprising a loop 22, through which freely extends the upper endof the brace-bar,

whereby, when the bolt is actuated, said bar is bodily moved eitherunder or away from the adjacent abutment ledge as desired; that is tosay, when the bolt is shot into engagement with the keeper the upper endof the brace-bar is bodily carried beneath and into locking engagementwith the ledge, and when the bolt is reversely moved to disenga ge itfrom the keeper the upper end of the brace bar is carried beyond thefree end of the ledge to release it therefrom. In the former case theledge affords a substantial abutment for the upper end of the bar andthus insures the effective locking of the door against forcible entry,and in the other case the upper end of the bar, being free andunrestrained and capable of vertical movement in the guide loop, permitsthe door to be swung open. The front portions 19 of the fixture serve asdeterminate stops for the guide loop 22 to limit the throw of the boltin each direction. 1 preferably provide the abutment ledge 14 with adepending tiange or lip 23 which extends forwardly of the upper end ofthe brace bar and serves to maintain it in place beneath the ledge.

The two fixtures 15, aside from their reversed condition, are identicalin construction. The two bolts extend horizontally therefrom toward themiddle of the door and thereat enter and are guided and supported in acasing Q4 aflixed to the door. One of the bolts is in a higher planethan the other, as indicated, and their overlapping inner edges areprovided with rack teeth 25 in mesh with an interposed pinion 26 withinthe casing. This pinion is preferably carried by an arbor 27 on thebarrel of an ordinary key-lock 28, as, for example, the Yale type. Theloclt is leti into an aperture 29 in the door as usual, and itisoperative by means of a suitable key from the exterior of the door,whereby when the loel: barrel is turned in one direction the pinion isrotated in a manner to throw the gear racks, and perforce the bolts, inopposite directions to each other, and thereby withdraw the boltssimultaneously from the respective keepers 21, and at the same timebodily shiftthe upper ends of the brace bars from locking engagementwith the respective abutments, and whereby when the lock barrel isturned reversely, the said bolts and their connections are caused toassume their previous interlocking positions. Thus it will be seen thatby a single or common key-controlled lock, the two bolts and the twobrace bars are simultaneously operated, either to secure or to releasethe door at its respective vertical edges, as desired. Instead ofseparate and independent abutment members being employed for the upperends of the respective brace-bars, the bolts themselves may perform thefunction of abutments, as illustrated in Figs. 10 and 11. ln thismodified structure the upper ends of the brace-bars are guided in loops22 which are attixed directly to the door beneath the path of the bolts,and the bolts are supported and guided in fixtures 15a to pass directlyabove the bars 12 when the bolts are shot into engagement with thekeepers, and beyond and clear of the said bars when the bolts areretracted to unlock the door.

My invention may be modified in other respects without departing fromthe spirit thereof, and hence 1 do not wish to limit armer myself to thespecic details of construction herein shown and described.

l claim.

1. Door-securing means comprising a plurality of inclined brace bars,tloor and door abutments for the respective ends of the bars, means forsupporting the door abutments adjacent the respective vertical edges ofa door, a common operating meanslocated on the door between the saidsupporting means, and connections controlled b v said operating meansfor effecting relative movenient between the upper ends of the bars andtheir proximate door abutments, whereby the said bars and door abutmentscan be simultaneously moved into or out of locking engagement with eachother.

Q. Door-securing means comprising inclined brace bars, floor abutmentstherefor, ixtures on the door adjacent its respective vertical edges, acasing on the door between said tixtures, rotatable key-controlled meansin said casing, abutments in said fixtures for the upper ends of thebrace bars, and oppositely-movable members extending from and controlledby said key-controlled means and adapted to effect relative movementbetween the upper ends of the inclined bars and their proximate doorabutments and thereby simultaneously move them into or out of lockingengagement with each other. u

A door-securing means comprising a plurality of inclined brace bars,floor and door abutments for the respective ends of the bars,oppositely-movable members extending transversely of the door,connections between the said members and the respective brace barswhereby the latter can be moved into and out of engagement with theirdoor abutments, and a common operating means for said members.

fl. A door-securing means comprising a plurality of inclined brace-bars,tioor and door abutments for the respective ends of the bars, said doorabutments being located adjacent the opposite edges of the door, acasing intermediate the door abutments, oppositely-movable membersextending transversely of the door and supported and guided at theirinner ends in said casing, connections between the said members and therespective brace bars, whereby the latter can be moved into and out ofengagement with their door abutments, and a common keycontrolled meanswithin said casing for simultaneously operating the said members.

A door-securing means comprising inclined brace bars, Hoor and doorabutments for the respective ends of the bars, oppositely-movablemembers extending transversely of the door, vertical guides on saidmembers affording connections for the respective brace-bars whereby thelatter can be moved into and out of engagement with the door abutments,and a key-controlled means for simultaneously operating said members.

6. A. door-securing means comprising inclined brace bars, floorabutments therefor, iixtures on the door provided with ledges Whichafford abutments for the upper ends of the bars, a casing on the doorintermediate said fixtures, key-controlled means in said casing,oppositely-movable bolts supported and guided at their respective endsin said casing and lixtures, the said bolts being provided with gearteeth and the said key-controlled means including a pinion in mesh Withsaid gear teeth, and connections between the said bolts and therespective 1 name to this specification in the presence of 20 twosubscribing Witnesses.

EMIEL R. FUCHS.

lVitnesses JAMES LORD, JOHN R. NoLAN.

